Glen, The pics wont come through the List. You have to send them to me so I can post them on the website. Regards Fazli Webmaster fazlis@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Glen Hodgins Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:24 AM To: srilanka@rootsweb.com; turifoia@vianw.pt Subject: [SRILANKA] Emailing: CMI Statue Kandy 1a.jpg, CMI Statue Kandy 2.jpg,CMI Statue Kandy 2a.jpg, CMI Statue Kandy 3a.jpg How about these? Glen Hodgins Ottawa, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Ferran" <turifoia@vianw.pt> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: [SRILANKA] Ceylon Mounted Infantry > Hi! > Has anybody got a photo of the Memorial to the Ceylon Mounted Infantry. I am > researching the Thomas family. Lt. Arthur Henri Thomas was killed in 1900 in > Bultfontein, South Africa. His father Matthew Henri Thomas, who was a > planter in Ceylon, was instrumental in founding the Ceylon Mounted Infantry > who fought in the Boer war. > > The Ceylon Contingent Memorial: This memorial was erected opposite the > 'Mahamaluwa' (Esplanade) in commemoration of the services of the Ceylon > Contingent in South Africa, 1900 - 1902 and unveiled by Field Marshal H. R. > H. the Duke of Connaught, K. G., G. C. M. G. March 18, 1907." In memoriam - > Lieut. Arthur A. Thomas, W. Max Kelly, C. Campion, Q. M., St. Cheyne, A. S. > Hopper, K. Hamilton, Claude C. Bell, N. W. Smellie. This Memorial was > designed by Mrs. Thomas, wife of Edward Hector Le Marchant Thomas, a brother > of Lieutenant Thomas. It represents a trooper of the Ceylon Mounted Infantry > giving the signal 'enemy is in sight.' This statue was pulled down in an > undergraduate protest in the 1960's and never re-instated. Now this Memorial > is kept in the compound of the Military Headquarters in Kandy. > > Any help in locating a picture would be most appreciated! > > Dr. Jean Ferran > Turifoia > 31, rua Serpa Pinto, > Apt. 33 > 8550 Monchique (P.) > Tel.(+351) 282 912 822 > Fax. (+351) 282 912 722 > ferran@monchique.com > Website: www.monchique.com > > In case of difficulties, please use this alternative address: > jferran@ochanoff.741.com > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom/which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager at the following email address: systemadmin@alfaisaliah.com . Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Al Faisaliah Group. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the context of this message, which arise as a result of Internet transmission. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Al Faisaliah Group accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.